homophobe
Syllables: ho·mo·phobe/ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊb/US/ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊb/
homophobe noun: one who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.
Noun (1)
homophobe (plural homophobes)
- One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.
- That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.1997, Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL
- If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, "I am a homophobe!"2001 April 23, Henry Rollins, Talk Is Cheap, Volume I, published 3 January 2003
- Synonyms:
- anti-gay
Noun (2)
homophobe (plural homophobes)
- A person who fears sameness.
- A person who fears men.
homophobe meaning in Bengali
homophobe in Bengali
- homophobe
- সমকামিতাবিদ্বেষী śomkamitabiddeśi
Examples of homophobe in a sentence
- He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie — culturally and psychologically — but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.2006, Robert Ordona, quoting Ang Lee, “"Brokeback Mountain" — as gay as it gets: An interview with Ang Lee”, in Gay.com, archived from the...
- Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in...
Synonyms of homophobe
Forms of homophobe
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Origin of homophobe
Back-formation from homophobia, equivalent to homo- + -phobe (notice in Greek it would refer to a self-hater).
From homo- (“man; same”) + -phobe.
Words formed from homophobe
Questions about homophobe
- What does homophobe mean?
- Homophobe means one who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.
- What is homophobe in Bengali?
- Homophobe in Bengali is সমকামিতাবিদ্বেষী (śomkamitabiddeśi). See Homophobe meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use homophobe in a sentence?
- He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie — culturally and psychologically — but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.
- What part of speech is homophobe?
- Homophobe is a noun.
- How do you pronounce homophobe?
- Homophobe is pronounced /ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊb/ (UK).
- What is the plural of homophobe?
- The plural of homophobe is homophobes.
Words near homophobe in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: homophobe (page history and authors); সমকামিতাবিদ্বেষী (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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